Cleaning and lubricating compound.



SHERMAN KEM, OF ANDERSON, INDIAhlA CLEANING AND nonmcmme ooMPoUiIn.

Specification of Letters Patent Patented July 16, 1907.

To all whom it may poncern: I

Be it known that I, SHERMAN United States, residing at Anderson, in the county of Madison and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and-useful Improvements in Cleaning and Lubricating Compounds, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object to provide a cheap and effective compound which is useful both as a detel-gent or cleaner, and as a lubricator.

As to its first utility, the invention will remove soot, grease and other dirt that finds lodgment upon brass work, glass, painted or varnished surfaces, and all polished or smooth surfaces. Furthermore, by reason of the fact that my compound is liquid, it may be used to good advantage in connection with rough surfaces,

and may also be employed in washing articles of clothing and thelikei. It will not injure the most delicate fabrics, if these would not be injured by washing with water. As a' grease and dirt remover for the hands,

' blacksmiths, machinists, etc., will find the compound very effective, while absolutely non-injurious to the skin.

In the second aspect ofthe invention, it is useful as a lubricant in connection with the drilling ofmetal, thread cutting, turning-lathes', and the like. Here it takes the place of oil, with-equal efficiency at about half the cost.

After careful experiments with various ingredients, I have found that the best results are obtained from a mixture of the following ingredients, the quantities whereof are set-down about as they would be used to make twenty-five gallons of the resulting compound:

raw linseed oil, five gallons; liquid ammonia, two' quarts, resin, eight pounds; electrolytic caustic potash twelve pounds; double refined pearlash, nine pounds. Of these ingredients the electrolytic caustic potash, double refined pear-lash and linseed oil ar KEM, a citizen of theput into a suitable vessel with about twenty five gallons of water and the mixture boiled in any suitable manner, preferably by a steam bath, from six to eight hours or until it attains a thick heavy consistency, by which time the quantity will be reduced by evaporation to about twenty five gallons. The rosin and ammonia are then added and the material stirred until moved from the bath and cooled in any convenient manner, the resulting compound may then be put up in bulk or in small packages for the trade.

It will be evident that the process of making the composition will result in the combination of'all the alkali with part of the oil, forming soap, leaving as oil ammonium soap, linseed oil potassium soap, resin and-linseed oil.

In the cleaning of surfaces, it is applied preferably on a scouring cloth or thelike, and the cleaned surface afterwards rinsed with clear water.

When used for washing clothing a sufficient quantity oi the compound is mixed with the washing water to thoroughly saponify it, and the articles of clothing soaked therein and rubbed in theordinar'y manner. The application of the preparation as a lubricant needs no description.

. What I claim is':--

1. The composition of matter herein described, consisting of linseed oil ammonium soap, linseed oil potassium soap, and resin SHERMAN KEM.

Witnesses:

F. M. VAN Pam,

GEORGE H. Hot-ms.

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